[Gllug] Duplicate Debian setup

[Steve Nicholson]

> Why does the home disk have to partitioned in the same way as the work
> machine (apart from the obvious "you'll need to edit /etc/fstab" and
> rerun lilo)?

That's the reason if you know about editing fstab it's not a problem. As
a newbie I got caught with this and took a wee while to figure out,
didn't want you to go through the same pain, sorry should have explained
why.

> What advantage does this method have over splitting an archive of the
> files I care about and simply recreating it at home? The home machine
> has a hard drive big enough to fit the work machines 3 times over....

It's quicker and you know everything will be there, you might have to
change some config files if the hardware is different and it matters
e.g. graphics cards.

> Still looks like one of the best ideas so far. Quite keen on
> downloading the .debs and burning those to CD to avoid the cruft
> that's accumalated around my system as it evolved to be the comfy
> place it is now.... :)

I hear what your saying. I have been wondering lately how I can put
testing and unstable on CD's so I can take them home with me.  My folks
live on a farm and can only get 33kbs on a modem I think it will be
painful if I want anything since I'm used to ADSL here.  I know there
are some scripts for creating these but haven't had time to look at them
yet.  So much to do so little time.....

Oh other idea I had, why not take you home HDD into work and copy it
across?

Steve.


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